√Answer :Glutamate - Quiz :Which one of the following is an excitatory
neurotransmitter?
1 GABA
2 Glutamate
3 Glycine
4 Phenylalanine
√Answer :GABA - Quiz :Which one of the following is an inhibitory
neurotransmitter?
1 GABA
2 Serotonin
3 Dopamine
4 Phenlalanine
√Answer :the meninges - Quiz :The layers of protective tissue which surround
the CNS are called:
1 the ventricles
,2 the meninges
3 Cerebrospinal fluid
4 The Skull
√Answer :Central Sulcus - Quiz :What separates the motor and sensory strips?
1 Sylvian Fissure
2 Central Sulcus
3 Frontal Sulcus
4 Sagittal Fissure
√Answer :The Carotid Exchange - Quiz :The interconnecting blood vessels at
the base of the brain make up:
1 the circle of Willis
2 the Carotid exchange
3 the circle of Milford
4 the Perfect circle
√Answer :the left and right anterior cerebral arteries - Quiz :The Anterior
Communicatinig Artery connects which arteries?
1 It does not connect any arteries
2 The posterior Communicating Arteries
3 The left and right anterior cerebral arteries
4 the middle cerebral and the posterior cerebral arteries
√Answer :the anterior cerebral artery - Quiz :The tibial nerve cortical SSEPs
would be affected by a stroke in which artery?
1 the middle cerebral artery
2 the anterior cerebral artery
3 the posterior cerebral artery
4 the inferior cerebral arteray
√Answer :a major feeder vessel to the spinal cord - Quiz :The artery of
Adamkiewicz is:
1 a major blood vessel supplying the brain
2 a major branch of the iliac arteries
3 a major feeding vessel to the kidneys
4 a major feeder vessel to the spinal cord
√Answer :the fasciculus cuneatus - Quiz :Upper extremity SSEPs transmit
through which spinal cord tract?
,1 the spinothalamic tract
2 the lateral corticospinal tract
3 the fasciculus gracillis
4 the fasciculus cuneatus
√Answer :Above the T1 vertebrae - Quiz :The C8 nerve root exits the spinal
cord:
1 above the C8 vertebrae
2 below the C8 vertebrae
3 above the T1 vertebrae
4 there is no C8 nerve root
√Answer :cauda equina - Quiz :The nerve roots that extend below the spinal
cord make up the:
1 cauda equina
2 spina bifida
3 Filum Terminale
4 Conus Medularis
√Answer :Sciatic - Quiz :The tibial and common peroneal nerves form from
what nerve?
1 Sural
2 Saphenous
3 Femora
4 Sciatic
, √Answer :Abductor pollicis brevis - Quiz :Stimulation of the MN at the wrist
will activate which muscle?
1 Abductor digiti minimi
2 Abductor pollicis brevis
3 Biceps
4 Deltoid
√Answer :Across the head of the fibula - Quiz :Stimulation of the peroneal
nerve is performed:
1 across the medial malleolus
2 across the lateral malleolus
3 across the head of the fibula
4 in the medial third of the antecubital space
√Answer :the Sodium-Potassium pump - Quiz :The resting membrane
potential of a neuron is primarily maintained by:
1 passive diffusion of charged ions
2 the sodium-potassium pump
3 action potentials
4 the opening of sodium channels
√Answer :-70mV inside the cell - Quiz :A typical resting membrane potential of
a neuron is:
1 +20 mV inside the cell
2 -20 mV inside the cell
3 +70 mV inside the cell
4 -70 mV inside the cell
√Answer :Voltage-gated Sodium channels open - Quiz :What is the initial
event that occurs when the action potential threshold of a neuron is reached?
1 The ATP pump shuts down
2 Voltage-gated Sodium channels open
3 Voltage-gated Sodium channels close
4 Sodium rapidly diffuses out of the cell
√Answer :Depolarization of the post-synaptic membrane - Quiz :An EPSP will
cause what to happen?
1 Depolarization of the post-synaptic membrane
2 Hyperpolarization of the post-synaptic membrane
3 Propagation of an action potential
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